AltWeeklies Wire
Splitting Headachenew
The legal fight for same-sex benefits in Oregon enlists a high-profile plaintiff: Portland City Commissioner Sam Adams.
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
02-21-2007 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
Hurricane Vickinew
Portland Public Schools Superintendent Vicki Phillips has huffed and puffed for nearly three years now. Will she blow the city's schoolhouse down?
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
02-07-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
Buy The Book?new
Our comparison shopping for history textbooks finds lies, misrepresentations and omissions.
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
01-10-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
Tales From The Cripnew
With a new CD and an upcoming documentary, quadriplegic provocateur John Callahan keeps on rolling.
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
12-28-2006 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Womb Raidersnew
An anti-abortion group's ads in local high-school newspapers fill the void left by Planned Parenthood.
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
12-14-2006 |
Sex
Losing Their Religionnew
A church's charter-school application rises again, and so does the debate over whether the school is secular.
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
11-16-2006 |
Education
Tags: Education
Illegal Scholarnew
Carlos is a bright high-school senior who wants to go to college but faces a perplexing problem: he's also an undocumented immigrant.
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
11-16-2006 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
War and Piecesnew
Mercy Corps is in Lebanon for the long haul.
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
09-13-2006 |
International
Tags: international
With Amigos Like Thesenew
Shady businesses cash in on desperate immigrants locked in legal limbo.
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
08-30-2006 |
Business & Labor
Distant Justicenew
A Portland lawyer is trying to help one Guantanamo detainee return to his life as a fruit trader.
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
08-10-2006 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Crisis Modenew
Andrew Mills, a freelance journalist living in Beirut, gives us a taste of what's turned into his war assignment.
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
07-26-2006 |
International
Tags: international
